Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters: Coolest?

There’s something weird. It don’t look good. Who you gonna call? Now, don’t just say “The Ghostbusters,” because thanks to some messy ’80s trademark laws, any old gang of supernatural investigators can name themselves after the iconic Marshmallow-exploding foursome who starred in 1984’s Ghostbusters. No, you don’t want any fake ghost-busters; you want The Real Ghostbusters, who starred in the cartoon series of the same name for seven proton pack-tastic seasons. The series’ title was later amended to Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters to reflect the increased importance of the chubby green ghoul. And that’s fine; when we were kids, we all loved Slimer. But kids are stupid, so let’s get down to brass tacks here: Who’s the coolest member of the Real Ghostbusters?

Peter Venkman

Hair Style: Beautifully coiffed brown

Original Movie Hair Style: Well, in the movie, Peter was played by Bill Murray. Suffice it to say, Murray did not have beautifully coiffed hair.

Original Movie Hair Style: As played by Harold Ramis, movie-Egon had a tall brown do, but no rat-tail. Thank god for cartoons.

If Ghostbusters were Animal House, he’d be: Hoover, the clean-cut fraternity President who invariably has to get his friends out of scrapes. Since Egon is the brains of the outfit, he’s arguably the only one of them who is actually qualified to, you know, bust ghosts.